Silver Spring Summer 2022


Date
Aug 13, 2022
City
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Venue

Montgomery Blair High School

Address
51 University Blvd E, Silver Spring, MD 20901
Details

Cafeteria

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Samuel Du
WCA Delegates
Blake Thompson, Corey Sakowski, and Rich Tayag
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Information

COVID-19 SAFETY INFORMATION:
To prevent overcrowding in the venue, we are limiting each competitor to one guest only.

Masks are strongly recommended.

Competitors should not attend the competition if experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or if they were exposed to someone with COVID-19.

When not competing, competitors and spectators should attempt to socially distance whenever possibly by keeping 3 feet away from others. We also encourage you not to share puzzles with other competitors.

Events
Main event
Competitors
137
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.

Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Responsibilities" tab.

WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 150 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large.

Highlights
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Zavian Valedon won with an average of 7.60 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Daniel Mullen finished second (7.78) and Ray Bai finished third (7.79).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Zavian Valedon 7.26 7.60 United States 8.017.867.267.337.61
3x3x3 Blindfolded Liam Chen 16.49 17.88 United States 16.4917.1819.98
Clock Daniel Mullen 4.53 5.68 United States 6.394.535.016.995.63
Pyraminx Michael Nielsen 1.57 2.10 United States 2.121.992.191.573.48
Square-1 Brayden Adams 8.75 11.49 United States 11.148.7511.9111.5411.79
Event Round Format Time limit Cutoff Proceed
3x3x3 Cube First round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 64 advance to next round
Second round Ao5 10:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 10:00.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative * Top 12 advance to next round
Final Bo3 10:00.00 cumulative *
Clock First round Bo2 / Ao5 1:30.00 2 attempts to get < 30.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:30.00
Pyraminx First round Ao5 1:00.00 Top 16 advance to next round
Final Ao5 1:00.00
Square-1 First round Bo2 / Ao5 2:00.00 2 attempts to get < 45.00 Top 12 advance to next round
Final Ao5 2:00.00

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Schedule for Saturday (August 13, 2022)

From 08:00 AM
To 08:45 AM
Registration
Cafeteria - Stage 1
From 08:45 AM
To 09:00 AM
Tutorial for new competitors
Cafeteria - Stage 1
From 09:00 AM
To 10:30 AM
3x3x3 Cube First round
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 64 advance to next round
From 10:30 AM
To 11:30 AM
Pyraminx First round
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 11:30 AM
To 12:30 PM
Square-1 First round
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 45.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 12:30 PM
To 01:30 PM
Lunch
Cafeteria - Stage 1
From 01:30 PM
To 02:10 PM
3x3x3 Cube Second round
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
Proceed
Top 16 advance to next round
From 02:10 PM
To 03:25 PM
Clock First round
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Bo2 / Ao5
Time limit
1:30.00
Cutoff
2 attempts to get < 30.00
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 03:25 PM
To 04:25 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
Proceed
Top 12 advance to next round
From 04:25 PM
To 04:45 PM
Pyraminx Final
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:00.00
From 04:45 PM
To 05:05 PM
Square-1 Final
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
2:00.00
From 05:05 PM
To 05:25 PM
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Bo3
Time limit
10:00.00 cumulative *
From 05:25 PM
To 05:45 PM
Clock Final
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
1:30.00
From 05:45 PM
To 06:00 PM
3x3x3 Cube Final
Cafeteria - Stage 1, Cafeteria - Stage 2
Format
Ao5
Time limit
10:00.00
From 06:00 PM
To 06:15 PM
Awards
Cafeteria - Stage 1

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must read our "Info For First Time Competitors" Tab, and be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition. Huge thanks to Olivér Perge and Niki Placskó for the document!

For All Competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling/running assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

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If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

Groups are posted HERE.

Live results can be found on HERE on WCA Live.

If you are interested in staff, please fill out the following form: STAFF APPLICATION FORM

NOTE: ALL COMPETITORS MUST PAY THE $20 REGISTRATION FEE. If you are selected for staff, you will be refunded the registration fee AFTER the competition has ended.

Staff will be responsible for doing scrambling tasks throughout the day.

Staff members will be provided with free registration for the competition.

Final staff decisions will be made after registration closes.

The competition will be held in the Cafeteria. Enter through the entrance in the middle of the building (not the main entrance). Parking is available in the front of the building on the University Blvd. side.
Lunch options across the street include Chipotle, Santucci's Deli, Starbucks, McDonalds, Papa John's and more.

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Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.

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